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1212
Children's Crusade
Started by a French child named Stephen of Cloyes. Tens of thousands of children gathered to march to the Holy Land. This ended in total disaster. None of the children made it to the Holy Land and many were never seen again. They were likely sold into slavery. -
Period: 1217 to 1272
Crusades Five through Nine
Over the next several years there would be 5 more Crusades. None of them would be very successful in terms of gaining control of the Holy Land.